Roddy Woomble

Roddy Woomble, of Idlewild fame, released a solo album earlier this year entitled My Secret Is My Silence. It’s a real contender for The Figurehead’s top album of the year right now - it’s that good.

Here’s a video of Roddy and friends performing a laid back version of the title track:

It’s SCOTTISH!!!!!!

Ships passing in the night: The Figurehead vs. Modest Mouse and Band of Horses

The Figurehead and an entourage of indie rock lovin’ pals are seeing Monsieur Isaac Brock, Johnny Marr, and the rest of Modest Mouse along with Band of Horses tonight at the Ryman in Nashville. The Figurhead promises to behave (insert eye roll here).

 LETTERMAN APPEARANCES:

and Band of Horses….

 

Stars

I’ve become obsessed with this little Canadian indie band lately. I wanted to post a vid from the new album In Our Bedroom After the War, but I can’t find one online. So we’ll just go with a classic instead. Enjoy Your Ex-Lover is Dead from their previous release Set Yourself On Fire (don’t let the titles scare you away - also, don’t let the weird beginning of the vid scare you away either):

Katrina: It’s not over

So you guys all know by now that I’m a “liberal NPR listener” so that shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. Recently they’ve been airing a series of pieces on FEMA parks in Mississippi. It’s heartbreaking. Yesterday, while driving home I was wiping tears from eyes listening to these people. I generally assume that if you’re poor in the United States of America it’s your own fault. That seems to not be the case in this instance. A lot of these people are “working poor” meaning they work full time jobs, but still can’t keep up with inflation. Rent costs and insurance in S. Miss and Louisiana have skyrocketed post Katrina. One woman said: “I know ya’ll have other news to cover, but just peek in on us every once in awhile. We’re not alright.” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12592168 While there are people in these trailer parks that are looking for handouts, others are good people who lost everything and are slowly losing their dignity and hope. I know I run the risk of coming off as someone who wallows in other’s misery, but it’s a good reminder of what I actually have been blessed with in my life. It’s also a reminder that God’s word to us was to help the least among us.

I felt compelled to show you guys this link…remember that Katrina is not over for more than 35,000 people trapped in FEMA parks

Questioning Lance is un-American!

 

 There are few things that frustrate me more than the subject of doping in professional cycling and, of late in professional triathlon. I can rant and rave for a solid hour on the subject, but I spare you that for the sake of keeping this blog post short.

There is a highly read post circulating on wordpress these days that’s meant to be a sarcastic proof of Lance’s innocence in the matter of blood doping.

Maybe I’ll go into it further at another time, but for now I’ll just say this: What the heck is wrong with you people? Lance Armstrong is an American hero in a world that hates Americans. So why are so many American’s jumping on the french bandwagon to tear down one of our national icons. Isn’t that akin to treason? The guy beat terminal cancer - It was all of over the guys body - but he beat it through strength, determination, and in my opinion God’s mercy (although Lance wouldn’t agree with that). Stop trying to draw attention to yourselves by expressing an opinion about Lance’s guilt that’s supported only by jealous french media. I bet some of you Lance haters hate dogs, apple pie, your mamas, hamburgers n’ french fries, John Wayne, and think WWII was a mistake.

 Let’s just enjoy one of our National heroes regardless of what biased foreign press thinks of him. He won their race 7 times! Think there’s no jealousy there?